With all of the transitions that I have been experiencing in the last few months, I now find myself in a situation where I am planning the move of my office from the acreage to a space in town at the end of June. So now I am faced with the issue of where to put everything. I have a 24 foot by 26 foot area currently. This does not include the art studio where I create the Spirit Energy Portraits. The new office is, well, shall we say.........teeny tiny.
I find this kind of challenge a good one to have. It forces me to really look long and hard at what matters and what does not. Are things in my life because I utilize them? Or are they there just because I have not known to date what the heck to do with them? Can I sell some and not look back? Can I give some away and not look back? Can I throw out some and not look back?
I went through this a number of months ago in my home. Now the pressure is on because I no longer have the luxury of that home and live in a very small one bedroom apartment. So the excess from the office really has nowhere to go. Did I mention that I also have to find the space to fit the piano from the acreage into the apartment? Ya. heavy sigh.
The great news is that the team I will be working with is a group of absolutely dynamic healers and as a group we are going to make a huge difference in the healing community. The other good news is that we have, just outside my office, a very large training center space that the drumming circles will still be able to be held at. So some of that convenience is really making up for the challenge of fitting stuff into a small office space. Overall, I think that this is, once again, a very healthy challenge to walk through.
Blessed Be
Trent
www.deerhornshamanic.com
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Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Tuesday, February 5, 2008
Sombody Move That Wall!
Today, in our process of simplifying our lives, my wife and I moved a complete dining room set out to her father's house, and brought back a simple table and chairs from his place. A fair energy exchange, considering that he was the one who built the dining set in the first place. This is part of claiming our home as our own, which has been 5 years in the making since purchasing it from her father.
Now, I have to say right up front, this did not occur without some blood, sweat and tears, and a bit of cussing along the way. You see, the table was, shall we say, a monster to get through the front door. After dismantling the screen door in sub zero weather, the sucker still would not get through. I was this close to taking the door frame off when I remembered movers helping my family move as a kid. They were trying to get a box spring mattress around a tight corner and got stuck. Somebody said, "Would someone please move this wall?" Everyone cracked up. Then I spoke up and said, "If you stand it on end, you just might make it around that corner. Soon the mattress was backed up, flipped on end, and alacazam! It made it through.
So what do I do? I turn the table upside down and try to figure out how to dismantle it. I end up phoning my father-in-law to find out what screws should be attacked first as there are a lot and it is a complicated design. He assures me that they got it in the house without having to dismantle it. I am at this point not so sure he is remembering correctly. I am in fact still thinking about taking apart the door jam as well. Then he phones me back a minute after hanging up and says, "I am sure if you stand it on end and put the feet out first then turn it, it will get through the door." A complete flashback to 1971 and the movers goes through my mind again. Why did I not just think of that when remembering it the first time? And indeed it worked!
Sometimes in life we have walls to help hold up our houses. But some walls are only there in our perceptions. Once we change the way we look at it, what we see also changes. I think it was Dr. Wayne Dyer who said that. I would agree. I think that this is also true of walls in relationships. If we change the way we perceive a person, our relationship with that person can also have opportunity to change.
Blessed Be
Trent
www.deerhornshamanic.com
Now, I have to say right up front, this did not occur without some blood, sweat and tears, and a bit of cussing along the way. You see, the table was, shall we say, a monster to get through the front door. After dismantling the screen door in sub zero weather, the sucker still would not get through. I was this close to taking the door frame off when I remembered movers helping my family move as a kid. They were trying to get a box spring mattress around a tight corner and got stuck. Somebody said, "Would someone please move this wall?" Everyone cracked up. Then I spoke up and said, "If you stand it on end, you just might make it around that corner. Soon the mattress was backed up, flipped on end, and alacazam! It made it through.
So what do I do? I turn the table upside down and try to figure out how to dismantle it. I end up phoning my father-in-law to find out what screws should be attacked first as there are a lot and it is a complicated design. He assures me that they got it in the house without having to dismantle it. I am at this point not so sure he is remembering correctly. I am in fact still thinking about taking apart the door jam as well. Then he phones me back a minute after hanging up and says, "I am sure if you stand it on end and put the feet out first then turn it, it will get through the door." A complete flashback to 1971 and the movers goes through my mind again. Why did I not just think of that when remembering it the first time? And indeed it worked!
Sometimes in life we have walls to help hold up our houses. But some walls are only there in our perceptions. Once we change the way we look at it, what we see also changes. I think it was Dr. Wayne Dyer who said that. I would agree. I think that this is also true of walls in relationships. If we change the way we perceive a person, our relationship with that person can also have opportunity to change.
Blessed Be
Trent
www.deerhornshamanic.com
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